The United States has historically aimed to counter Soviet and Russian military threats and strategic influence in the European Arctic and its principle adjoining countries—Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Although these countries have traditionally enjoyed strong relations with the United States, they have equally showed a steadfast reluctance to provoke the Russian military and endanger close… Continue reading No Need to Read Between the Lines: How Clear Shifts in Nordic Strategies Create Opportunities for the United States to Enhance Arctic Security
Housing’s On Fire… Literally: Burned-Out Boston Home Selling ‘As Is’ For $400K
If you’re looking for more evidence the housing market is in a bubble, look no further than this single-family home in Melrose, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. A little more than a month ago, the 1,857 sqft, three-bedroom home built in the 1960s was severely damaged in a fire where much of the inside was… Continue reading Housing’s On Fire… Literally: Burned-Out Boston Home Selling ‘As Is’ For $400K
New Books in the Bible? (& More Weird Questions)
Podcast: Download MYS076: It’s time for more weird questions with Jimmy Akin, including this time new books in the Bible; Heaven on another planet; impeaching the Pope; time travel & the Eucharist; marrying aliens; zombie apocalypses; and more. Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Subscribe using the RSS feed | Subscribe using Apple Podcasts | Subscribe using Google… Continue reading New Books in the Bible? (& More Weird Questions)
Joseph, Mary and Me – SpiritualDirection.com
When Pope Francis declared this to be the Year of St. Joseph, he was continuing a long tradition of the Popes before him. At that time, I wondered how this would make a difference in my life. Now, ten months later, I reflect on what St. Joseph has meant to me throughout the years. Specifically,… Continue reading Joseph, Mary and Me – SpiritualDirection.com
We Are Beast Machines – Issue 107: The Edge
I have a childhood memory of looking in the bathroom mirror, and for the first time realizing that my experience at that precise moment—the experience of being me—would at some point come to an end, and that “I” would die. I must have been about 8 or 9 years old, and like all early memories… Continue reading We Are Beast Machines – Issue 107: The Edge
Of Course The Taliban Are PSYOP Experts! They Don’t Have Much Competition!
I ran across an MSN article dated June 22, 2021. “The Taliban Are Winning the War of Words in Afghanistan as morale falters” (see: https://bit.ly/3qmDhQt). The article began: “As Afghanistan’s armed forces cede and regain ground in the searing summer offensive against the Taliban, they are losing a propaganda war that is affecting the… Continue reading Of Course The Taliban Are PSYOP Experts! They Don’t Have Much Competition!
How Autonomous Weapons Could Be More Destabilizing Than Nukes
Authored by James Dawes via TheConversation.com, Autonomous weapon systems – commonly known as killer robots – may have killed human beings for the first time ever last year, according to a recent United Nations Security Council report on the Libyan civil war. History could well identify this as the starting point of the next major arms race, one… Continue reading How Autonomous Weapons Could Be More Destabilizing Than Nukes
Ancient Astronauts, Indian Burial Grounds, St. Malachy and More Patron Questions
https://traffic.libsyn.com/sqpn01/MYS078.mp3 Podcast: Download MYS078: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli to answer their questions and make them available exclusively to them first and then later to the whole audience in a special bonus release. This time, we have a very broad range of questions. Get all new episodes… Continue reading Ancient Astronauts, Indian Burial Grounds, St. Malachy and More Patron Questions
Neuroscience Weighs in on Physics’ Biggest Questions – Issue 107: The Edge
For an empirical science, physics can be remarkably dismissive of some of our most basic observations. We see objects existing in definite locations, but the wave nature of matter washes that away. We perceive time to flow, but how could it, really? We feel ourselves to be free agents, and that’s just quaint. Physicists like… Continue reading Neuroscience Weighs in on Physics’ Biggest Questions – Issue 107: The Edge
Iran Disinformation Points Way For Near Peers and Others
The NY Times June 30, 2021 On line edition ran an article: “Iran Disinformation Effort Went Small to Stay Under Big Tech’s Radar” (see: https://nyti.ms/2SXGrh, which is a photo source) According to the article “Over several months, Iranian agents had infiltrated small WhatsApp groups, Telegram channels and messaging apps that Israeli activists used… Continue reading Iran Disinformation Points Way For Near Peers and Others